12 May 1997 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 12 May 1997

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B
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I
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E
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M
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C
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L
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D
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A
Q
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M
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R
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L
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N
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O
K
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F
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G
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K
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R
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O
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L
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D
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H
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D
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P
O
V
E
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R
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T
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Y
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B
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R
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G
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F
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T
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G
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N
O
D
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R
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S
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I
F
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E
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L
Y
O
U
R
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P
A
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N
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O
T
T
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L
L
A
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U
N
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I
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E
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O
B
E
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L
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O
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S
T
O
L
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N
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H
E
R
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M
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M
O
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F
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T
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H
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O
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C
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M
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I
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N
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K
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G
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L
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M
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R
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T
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A
T
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D
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Mad dog worry : BITE
5
Spy ___ Hari : MATA
9
Aware, with "in" : CLUED
14
Water color : AQUA
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Valentine's Day matchmaker : AMOR
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Hawaiian veranda : LANAI
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"Brilliant idea!" : ASTROKEOFGENIUS
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Ice Follies venue : RINK
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Maid's cloth : RAG
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Veteran : OLDHAND
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Pennilessness : POVERTY
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___ Strait (Russia-Alaska separator) : BERING
31
Confront : FACE
32
Wide shoe specification : EEE
33
Police operation : STING
34
Knob : NODE
35
Nos. on a road map : RTES
36
Classic Bill Clinton phrase : IFEELYOURPAIN
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Giant Mel et al. : OTTS
40
Jazzy Fitzgerald : ELLA
41
Remove, as a knot : UNTIE
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Award for a knight: Abbr. : OBE
44
Neighbor of Vietnam : LAOS
45
Like some kisses and bases : STOLEN
46
Novelist Hesse : HERMANN
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Sentimentalists, maybe : MOONERS
49
Superlative ending : EST
50
Subject of psychoanalysis : SELF
51
1962 Cary Grant/Doris Day movie : THATTOUCHOFMINK
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Actor Bruce of radio's "Sherlock Holmes" : NIGEL
60
Chess finale : MATE
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"God's Little ___" : ACRE
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Lachrymose : TEARY
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Hardly any : ATAD
64
Rural carriage : SHAY
Down
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Sheep's sound : BAA
2
Stats for eggheads : IQS
3
Egyptian boy king : TUT
4
Barber's obstruction : EAR
5
Cooking up : MAKING
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Change, as a motion : AMEND
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Swiped : TOOK
8
Comic dog's bark : ARF
9
Split asunder : CLEAVE
10
Jessica of 1976's "King Kong" : LANGE
11
Prefix with cycle : UNI
12
___ de vie : EAU
13
Insult, in slang : DIS
18
Pumpkin-colored : ORANGE
19
Food seller : GROCER
22
Out-of-date: Abbr. : OBS
23
Last Beatles album : LETITBE
24
Gadabout : DRIFTER
25
Jazzman "Fatha" : HINES
26
"The Taming of the Shrew" locale : PADUA
27
Change names : RETITLE
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Even smaller : TEENIER
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"You bet!" : YES
31
April ___ Day : FOOLS
34
Parachute material : NYLON
35
Babbled : RANON
37
Shanty : LEANTO
38
Delay : PUTOFF
39
Aah's partner : OOH
42
U.S.N. officer : ENS
44
Summing-up word : LASTLY
45
Flew alone : SOLOED
47
Olympic race unit : METER
48
Conductor Zubin : MEHTA
50
"Get outta here!" : SCAT
51
Explosive inits. : TNT
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Hasten : HIE
53
___ Khan : AGA
54
Thurman of "Pulp Fiction" : UMA
55
Mothers : MAS
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"___ bin ein Berliner" : ICH
57
Gun enthusiast's grp. : NRA
58
Codebreaker's discovery : KEY